On Tue, 19 May 2009 06:41:43 -0400 (EDT), sigismond kmiecik wrote:
> Hello to all
>
> The keyboard layout in my country is such that I need to press Alt-Gr
> plus the key itself in order to enter a left/right brace a or
> left/right bracket in a notebook.
> I didn't find a shortcut for these special characters in the palettes
> (except for brackets if the command you want to enter is listed among
> the palettes menus)
> Is there a way to modify the Basic Math Assistant palette in order to
> add four symbols for these special characters ?
> Thanks
>
> Sigismond Kmiecik
These actually already exist in the Basic MathAssistant palette. In the
"Calculator" section, click the "Advanced" tab. Fourth row, third button is a
pair of matching brackets. Fifth row from the bottom, 5th button is a pair of
matching braces.
If you put the cursor someplace and click one of these buttons, it will paste
the matching characters with the selection inside so you can immediately begin
typing the contents. If you select something and click one of these buttons, it
will make the selected thing the contents of the matching characters.
It's also easy enough to make your own palette with CreatePalette and
PasteButton if you so desire. The only subtlety with this method is that you
should wrap RawBoxes around the content you want to paste. E.g.,
PasteButton[RawBoxes["{"], ImageSize -> 20]
Otherwise, it will paste "{" rather than {.
Sincerely,
John Fultz
jfultz at wolfram.com
User Interface Group
Wolfram Research, Inc.